Tonga earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 277 km W of Houma, Tonga

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 277 km W of Houma, Tonga on Sat, Dec 20, 2025, 2:09 AM GMT+13 (13:09 UTC), 467 km (290 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.2 Fiji region. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2025-12-19 13:09:42 UTC
Depth
466.7 km (290.0 mi), deep
Epicenter
20.764° S, 177.935° W
Region
Tonga
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 14.8 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
132°
Stations used
58

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.8278 km W of Houma, Tonga · 285 days ago · 445 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 4.3281 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 282 days ago · 554 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 4.5267 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 280 days ago · 503 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 4.4263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 280 days ago · 515 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 4.8Fiji region · 280 days ago · 591 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 4.6Fiji region · 279 days ago · 628 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 4.5269 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 279 days ago · 540 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 4.4Fiji region · 279 days ago · 609 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 4.8Fiji region · 278 days ago · 600 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 4.0Fiji region · 275 days ago · 491 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 4.3282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 272 days ago · 526 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 4.3274 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 262 days ago · 526 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 4.3256 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 261 days ago · 520 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 4.0Fiji region · 260 days ago · 589 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 4.1284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 259 days ago · 528 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 3.9Fiji region · 256 days ago · 597 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 4.2256 km W of Houma, Tonga · 253 days ago · 420 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 5.0Fiji region · 252 days ago · 589 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 4.6Fiji region · 247 days ago · 533 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 4.1Fiji region · 245 days ago · 660 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 4.4295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 243 days ago · 508 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 4.2Fiji region · 237 days ago · 587 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 6.2Fiji region · 235 days ago · 513 km deep · 55 km away
  24. 4.6283 km W of Houma, Tonga · 234 days ago · 414 km deep · 70 km away
  25. 4.3280 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 231 days ago · 542 km deep · 9 km away
  26. 4.3Fiji region · 231 days ago · 494 km deep · 34 km away
  27. 4.1268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 230 days ago · 611 km deep · 40 km away

Before

  1. 4.9Fiji region · 292 days ago · 603 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 4.4284 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 294 days ago · 515 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 4.2283 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 297 days ago · 523 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 4.2275 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 303 days ago · 531 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 4.1Fiji region · 304 days ago · 560 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 4.2260 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 304 days ago · 529 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 4.0Fiji region · 309 days ago · 415 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 4.2295 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 309 days ago · 522 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 4.4Fiji region · 310 days ago · 596 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 4.2268 km WNW of Houma, Tonga · 311 days ago · 486 km deep · 20 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rvz3. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:08 PM UTC.